Carmine De Sapio

AP

He advocated a progressive agenda, but former New York Mayor Edward I. Koch said: "De Sapio was the boss of bosses, a backroom man, a cutter of deals. He was exactly the kind of politician who was unacceptable to my generation."

He advocated a progressive agenda, but former New York Mayor Edward I. Koch said: "De Sapio was the boss of bosses, a backroom man, a cutter of deals. He was exactly the kind of politician who was unacceptable to my generation." (AP)

He advocated a progressive agenda, but former New York Mayor Edward I. Koch said: "De Sapio was the boss of bosses, a backroom man, a cutter of deals. He was exactly the kind of politician who was unacceptable to my generation."